Determining a person's gender from their name is not as easy as it sounds. Some people, from foreign countries especially, have names that might be hard to figure out. Here's a simple way to make a more informed decision.

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Steps

Method 1 of 3: Google Images Method

View pictures of people with this name. Decide for yourself after seeing the pictures what gender the person is likely to be. Note that this is going to be an unscientific sample and is likely to be highly inaccurate.

Method 2 of 3: Gpeters.com Method

Read the answer. The search engine will give you the 'best guess' gender of the name from its popularity on the Internet.

Method 3 of 3: IndianHinduNames.com Method

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Go to www.indianhindunames.com

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Type in the first name in the search box.

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Read the answer. This utility predicts the gender of the name pretty accurately.

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These methods work for well for most common names, even across different cultures and nationalities, but for uncommon names it can be difficult to predict a person's gender because many less-common names have no strong gender association.

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